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Math teacher killed in Sparks Middle School shooting

Two students were wounded and the alleged shooter has reportedly taken his own life.

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Updated: 9:14 PM PDT Oct 21, 2013

Math teacher killed in Sparks Middle School shooting

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Updated: 9:14 PM PDT Oct 21, 2013

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WEBVTT WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE GET ANY UPDATES. NOW, TO NEVADA TONIGHT, A MATHEMATICS TEACHER BEING HAILED AS A HERO AND MORE AND. -- AND MOURNED. DAVID BIENICK IS LIVE IN SPARKS, WHERE THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY, DAVID. EXACTLY. POLICE HERE SAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE GW STUDENTS WHO WERE WOUNDED IN TODAY'S SHOOTING WILL SURVIVE, BUT THE STUDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING WILL NOT. HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. [SIRENS] POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED AT SPARKS MIDDLE SCHOOL THREE MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING STARTED, AND BY THEN, IT WAS ALL OVER. OR WAS A LOT OF HEART ACHE HERE. STUDENTS SAY ONE OF THE SEVENTH-GRADE CLASSMATES BROUGHT A GUN TO SCHOOL, PULLED IT OUT, AND STARTED ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC TEACHER. AND THEY WOULD NOT SAY WHERE THE TEACHER WAS. THEY WERE SCREAMING, "HE HAS A GUN, HE HAS A GUN." ONE OF THE STUDENTS WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN, AND THE MATHEMATICS TEACHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED, MIKE LANDSBERRY. BECAUSE OF THAT TEACHER, MY CHILDREN ARE ALIVE, AND THERE ARE NOT WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS. THEY DO SAY HE WAS ARMED WITH A SEMI AUTOMATIC HANDGUN AND ENDED UP SHOOTING HIMSELF. WHEN WE WERE AT LUNCH, WE WOULD TALK TO HIM. HE DID NOT SEEM LIKE ONE OF THOSE KIDS. HE WAS NICE. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE SHOOTING AND WHAT TO DO NEXT. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR FAMILIES AND THE STAFF. WE WILL HAVE COUNSELING SESSIONS STARTING TONIGHT. ALSO TONIGHT, THE NEVADA STATE FLAG IS FLYING AT HALF STAFF, AND THE MAYOR HERE IN SPARKS HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED, THE TEACHER WHO WAS KILLED, WAS NOT ONLY A MATHEMATICS TEACHER BUT ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE MILITARY, AND HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO STEPDAUGHTERS. THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS, INCLUDING THE RESPONSE. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TIME AT THE SCHOOL, DAVID? POLICE SAY THEY GOT THERE WITHIN THREE MINUTES, AND THEY SAY THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE TIME, THAT THEY WERE NEARBY, BUT BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, THE SHOOTING WAS OVER. IT WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE THIS WAS 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE THEY'LL RANK.

Math teacher killed in Sparks Middle School shooting

Two students were wounded and the alleged shooter has reportedly taken his own life.